“Yikes. One thing becomes very clear after reading this book: Barry Bonds is crazy. I actually came away with mixed feelings. First, he's a total jackass. Second, I feel sorry for the guy. Pearlman does an awesome job in interviewing everyone, seemingly, who ever had contact with Bonds. I'd say there was a little anti-Bonds bias that creeped in at times, but I'm almost positive anyone would have had the same trouble that Pearlman did keeping it out. Bonds just seems like a guy who couldn't figure out how to be decent. Not nice, just decent. His relentless pursuit of baseball's most hallowed record (broken on the night I write this) almost seems to stem from his overt scoffing at history and his willingness to bullshit his way through every situation presented to him.
I give Pearlman serious props for this book, and if his style is consistent through his other one, "The Bad Guys Won" then I'll check it out.”
mrjerz wrote this review Tuesday, August 7 2007.
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